Professional Societies R. I. B. A. Notes
The following extracts from the minutes of the Council:
The British School at Rome. — The Council have appointed Mr. H. M. Fletcher, Chairman of the Board of Architectural Education, as one of their two representatives on the Council of the British School at Rome for a term of three years.
Distribution of Schools of Architecture. — A comprehensive and valuable report on the subject of architectural education in Great Britain has been prepared by a Special Committee of the Board. This report, which deals particularly with the various methods of entry into the profession and the distribution of the schools in which architecture is taught, has been adopted by the Council, and the Board have been requested to give effect, as far as possible, to the recommendations and suggestions contained in it.
The School of Architecture, Edinburgh. — The Council, on the recommendation of the Board, have approved the proposed five years’ part-time course at the Edinburgh School of Architecture for the purpose of exemption from the R. I. B. A. Intermediate Examination.
The School of Architecture of the Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, Southend-on-Sea. — The Council, on the recommendation of the Board, have granted this School exemption from the R. I. B. A. Intermediate Examination, under the usual conditions, for its three years’ full-time day course of architecture.
R. I. B. A. (Anderson and Webb) Scholarship at Cambridge University School of Architecture. — The Council have approved the recommendation of the Board that in future students of Girton and Newnham shall be eligible on the same conditions as men for the R. I. B. A. (Anderson and Webb) Scholarship at the Cambridge University School of Architecture.
Maintenance Scholarships in Architecture
The Board of Architectural Education of the Royal Institute of British Architects announce that the following R. I. B. A. Maintenance Scholarships in Architecture have been renewed for the academic year 1927-1928: — Austin K. Brown (Newcastle), School of Architecture, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; E. L. W. Davies (Colchester), Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London; B. I. Day (Bideford, Devon), B. W. A. School of Architecture, Bristol; H. Jackson (Birmingham), Birmingham School of Architecture; E. J. White (Hull), Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London.
The scholarships are intended to enable promising students to attend an approved course at one of the Schools of Architecture recognised by the R. I. B. A. for the purpose of exemption from its examinations.
The Council, on the recommendation of the Board, have decided to offer for competition this year one Maintenance Scholarship of a maximum value of £100, for two years tenable in the fourth and fifth year courses at a school recognised for exemption from the Final Examination by a student who has already completed satisfactorily a three years’ course in a recognised school.
University Intelligence
Appended is a list of prizes awarded in the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, during the session 1926-27:
Holt Travelling Scholarship, P. G. Freeman (3rd year student); Anthony Minopric Prize, P. G. Freeman; Holland and Hannen and Cubitts Prizes for Working Drawings, 1st prize, W. G. Plant (3rd year student), 2nd prize, G. A. V. Hall (5th year student);
John Rankin Prizes, J. B. Maxwell (5th year student), A. Owen (4th year student); White Star Prize, R. G. Heal (5th year student).
Competition News
Leeds
At the Corporation Mental Hospital Committee, the Chairman reported as to an interview with Mr. J. Kirkland, the assessor appointed for the proposed architectural competition for the extension of Meanwood Park Colony. The suggestions of the assessor were approved as amended and forwarded to the Board of Control for approval.
Guildford
Mr. H. W. Allardyce, F. R. I. B. A., has accepted the appointment of assessor of the competitive plans which are to be invited in connection with the erection of the new Stoke Hill Elementary School, Guildford.
Oxford
The Education Committee have now settled the terms of the competition for secondary school designs. The cost of the schemes is put at £60, 000 for the proposed City of Oxford school, and £28, 500 for the municipal secondary school.
Wimbledon
The Corporation invite architects of British nationality to submit designs in competition for the Town Hall and municipal buildings which it is proposed to erect on a site in The Broadway, Wimbledon.
The Corporation have appointed Mr. Henry V. Ashley, F. R. I. B. A., to act as their assessor. Premiums of £200, £150 and £75 are offered for the designs placed first, second and third respectively by the assessor.
Conditions of the competition, together with a plan of the site, can now be obtained from the Town Clerk on payment of the sum of two guineas, returnable under the usual conditions.
Designs are to be received on or before November 30, 1927. Mr. Herbert Emerson Smith, LL. B., Town Clerk.
Proposed Public Hall Competition, Chagford,
Devon
The Competitions Committee of the R. I. B. A. desire to call the attention of members to the fact that the conditions of the above competition are not in accordance with the regulations of the R. I. B. A.
The Price of Bricks
A Canterbury correspondent of The Times states that a prospectus he has received, inviting public subscription for £1 Ordinary shares and 1s. Deferred shares, both at par, in a brick and tile company, gives promise of returns of 18 per cent., free of tax, on the Ordinary issue, and approximately 200 per cent. on the Deferred shares. In the face of these figures this correspondent ceases to wonder at the difficulty, even with the aid of the Government subsidy, in getting working class houses built in brick at a price which will enable an economic return to be obtained. One must allow, of course, for the usual optimism about profits which a prospectus normally exhibits; but even so these enormous figures, based, it is said, on present working results, do give countenance to the contention of building trade employees that the present high cost of building is mainly due to profiteering in materials.
The Kensington Borough Council have accepted an offer of Mrs. Henry Perrin to defray the cost of erecting two additional exhibition galleries, each 30 ft. by 25 ft., at Leighton House. Mr. Halsey Ricardo, F. R. I. B. A., is the architect.
The following extracts from the minutes of the Council:
The British School at Rome. — The Council have appointed Mr. H. M. Fletcher, Chairman of the Board of Architectural Education, as one of their two representatives on the Council of the British School at Rome for a term of three years.
Distribution of Schools of Architecture. — A comprehensive and valuable report on the subject of architectural education in Great Britain has been prepared by a Special Committee of the Board. This report, which deals particularly with the various methods of entry into the profession and the distribution of the schools in which architecture is taught, has been adopted by the Council, and the Board have been requested to give effect, as far as possible, to the recommendations and suggestions contained in it.
The School of Architecture, Edinburgh. — The Council, on the recommendation of the Board, have approved the proposed five years’ part-time course at the Edinburgh School of Architecture for the purpose of exemption from the R. I. B. A. Intermediate Examination.
The School of Architecture of the Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, Southend-on-Sea. — The Council, on the recommendation of the Board, have granted this School exemption from the R. I. B. A. Intermediate Examination, under the usual conditions, for its three years’ full-time day course of architecture.
R. I. B. A. (Anderson and Webb) Scholarship at Cambridge University School of Architecture. — The Council have approved the recommendation of the Board that in future students of Girton and Newnham shall be eligible on the same conditions as men for the R. I. B. A. (Anderson and Webb) Scholarship at the Cambridge University School of Architecture.
Maintenance Scholarships in Architecture
The Board of Architectural Education of the Royal Institute of British Architects announce that the following R. I. B. A. Maintenance Scholarships in Architecture have been renewed for the academic year 1927-1928: — Austin K. Brown (Newcastle), School of Architecture, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; E. L. W. Davies (Colchester), Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London; B. I. Day (Bideford, Devon), B. W. A. School of Architecture, Bristol; H. Jackson (Birmingham), Birmingham School of Architecture; E. J. White (Hull), Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London.
The scholarships are intended to enable promising students to attend an approved course at one of the Schools of Architecture recognised by the R. I. B. A. for the purpose of exemption from its examinations.
The Council, on the recommendation of the Board, have decided to offer for competition this year one Maintenance Scholarship of a maximum value of £100, for two years tenable in the fourth and fifth year courses at a school recognised for exemption from the Final Examination by a student who has already completed satisfactorily a three years’ course in a recognised school.
University Intelligence
Appended is a list of prizes awarded in the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, during the session 1926-27:
Holt Travelling Scholarship, P. G. Freeman (3rd year student); Anthony Minopric Prize, P. G. Freeman; Holland and Hannen and Cubitts Prizes for Working Drawings, 1st prize, W. G. Plant (3rd year student), 2nd prize, G. A. V. Hall (5th year student);
John Rankin Prizes, J. B. Maxwell (5th year student), A. Owen (4th year student); White Star Prize, R. G. Heal (5th year student).
Competition News
Leeds
At the Corporation Mental Hospital Committee, the Chairman reported as to an interview with Mr. J. Kirkland, the assessor appointed for the proposed architectural competition for the extension of Meanwood Park Colony. The suggestions of the assessor were approved as amended and forwarded to the Board of Control for approval.
Guildford
Mr. H. W. Allardyce, F. R. I. B. A., has accepted the appointment of assessor of the competitive plans which are to be invited in connection with the erection of the new Stoke Hill Elementary School, Guildford.
Oxford
The Education Committee have now settled the terms of the competition for secondary school designs. The cost of the schemes is put at £60, 000 for the proposed City of Oxford school, and £28, 500 for the municipal secondary school.
Wimbledon
The Corporation invite architects of British nationality to submit designs in competition for the Town Hall and municipal buildings which it is proposed to erect on a site in The Broadway, Wimbledon.
The Corporation have appointed Mr. Henry V. Ashley, F. R. I. B. A., to act as their assessor. Premiums of £200, £150 and £75 are offered for the designs placed first, second and third respectively by the assessor.
Conditions of the competition, together with a plan of the site, can now be obtained from the Town Clerk on payment of the sum of two guineas, returnable under the usual conditions.
Designs are to be received on or before November 30, 1927. Mr. Herbert Emerson Smith, LL. B., Town Clerk.
Proposed Public Hall Competition, Chagford,
Devon
The Competitions Committee of the R. I. B. A. desire to call the attention of members to the fact that the conditions of the above competition are not in accordance with the regulations of the R. I. B. A.
The Price of Bricks
A Canterbury correspondent of The Times states that a prospectus he has received, inviting public subscription for £1 Ordinary shares and 1s. Deferred shares, both at par, in a brick and tile company, gives promise of returns of 18 per cent., free of tax, on the Ordinary issue, and approximately 200 per cent. on the Deferred shares. In the face of these figures this correspondent ceases to wonder at the difficulty, even with the aid of the Government subsidy, in getting working class houses built in brick at a price which will enable an economic return to be obtained. One must allow, of course, for the usual optimism about profits which a prospectus normally exhibits; but even so these enormous figures, based, it is said, on present working results, do give countenance to the contention of building trade employees that the present high cost of building is mainly due to profiteering in materials.
The Kensington Borough Council have accepted an offer of Mrs. Henry Perrin to defray the cost of erecting two additional exhibition galleries, each 30 ft. by 25 ft., at Leighton House. Mr. Halsey Ricardo, F. R. I. B. A., is the architect.